The BSS Journey

What does it really take to build a small business in the UK — from the ground up, with your own hands and heart? This is my story of turning a dream into a self storage business: the opportunities and challenges, the blessings and nightmares, the highs and lows, the joys and tears, the breakthroughs and breakdowns, the laughter and frustrations, … and everything in between.

The BSS Journey: my road to start a self storage business from scratch

  • Chapter 14. How to Control Devices via Tuya APIs (beyond APP)?

    Chapter 14. How to Control Devices via Tuya APIs (beyond APP)?

    Tuya isn’t a new name to me. I’ve seen it pop up in all sorts of products over the years, and in my mind it always meant one thing: You can control devices using your phone instead of a remote control. In fact, my office furniture company (Allcam) even sells a TV lift that features

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  • How Technology-Driven Storage Solutions Are Transforming Self Storage In Birmingham?

    How Technology-Driven Storage Solutions Are Transforming Self Storage In Birmingham?

    Birmingham is evolving at an extremely rapid pace, and so are the storage needs of people. You are moving homes, starting a small business, downsizing, or just need more space, so you want to have a storage that feels easy, secure, and hassle-free. That is where technology has transformed everything. The modern-day storage is not

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  • Chapter 14: Why “Simple” Access Control Isn’t Simple After All

    Chapter 14: Why “Simple” Access Control Isn’t Simple After All

    You’ve probably seen it before. A child shouts “Alexa, switch on the living room!” and the lights come on instantly. Nobody touches a switch. Nobody even stands up. It feels like magic, and you think: If a ten-year-old can do this, surely automating a self storage building should be easy. That technology is IoT. The

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  • Top Benefits Of Secure Storage Containers For E-Commerce, Contractors & SMEs

    Top Benefits Of Secure Storage Containers For E-Commerce, Contractors & SMEs

    Securing safe, flexible storage can be challenging, especially if you run an online store, a construction project, or a small-to-medium-sized business. You should have a place where you can store your stock, tools, or equipment securely, though easily accessible, and at a low price. That is where the secure storage containers provided by the Birmingham

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  • How Can Self-storage Grow Your Business In Birmingham?

    How Can Self-storage Grow Your Business In Birmingham?

    Running a business in Birmingham means you are dealing with constant movement. It is sometimes stock upgrades, equipment shifts, and paperwork that grow every day. When space feels tight, your work slows down, and it is the right time to look for self-storage. Storage Space Self Storage has become a home to many local businesses

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  • Top Reasons To Choose Storage Units In Birmingham For Home Or Business Needs

    Top Reasons To Choose Storage Units In Birmingham For Home Or Business Needs

    As you run out of space in your house or you are experiencing chaos at your work station, you need to find a reliable place to store where you can keep your stuff. That is where storage units Birmingham would come in. This place offers convenience, safety, and flexibility to the business owner and homeowner.

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  • Chapter 13. Which Self Storage Software?

    Chapter 13. Which Self Storage Software?

    After digging into the numbers in Chapter 11, one thing became painfully clear: if you want to survive in self storage, you need to automate as much as you reasonably can. Costs rise faster than revenue, and the only “flexible” cost you can truly control is staff time. So the question wasn’t whether I needed

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  • Chapter 12. How Humanless Self Storage Works

    Chapter 12. How Humanless Self Storage Works

    “Humanless” self storage doesn’t literally mean a warehouse with no staff at all. Some parts of the operation will always require human involvement — especially anything related to safety and responsibility. For example, every new customer still needs a proper induction: These are things no app, chatbot, or fancy lock can replace. But “humanless” does

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  • Chapter 11. Is Self Storage a Good Business?

    Chapter 11. Is Self Storage a Good Business?

    My instinct told me that self storage should be a good business.But instinct alone doesn’t pay the bills — or offset £2,000 per month in business rates and utilities on an empty building. So I decided to dig into the facts.Not glossy marketing brochures or industry hype — but the actual financial accounts of some of the

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